Loughborough 36
Bristol 18
By PAULA SMITH
LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning continued their perfect start to the season as a strong second-half showing secured a bonuspoint victory over Bristol Bears.
Charlotte Pearce scored two tries out of six for Rhys Edwards’s side, with Olivia Jones, Jenny Maxwell, Natasha Jones and Cath O’Donnell also going over. Lilly Stoeger-Goddard and Poppy Leitch dotted down for the visitors but it wasn’t enough to stop Bristol’s two-match winning run coming to an end. After a quiet start, it was four-cap England international Pearce who brought the ...